1968 VFL Season Round 4: Geelong v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1968 between Geelong and Collingwood during round four of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Collingwood at Kardinia Park. Bill Goggin captained the hosts. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Terry Waters captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John O'Neill and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Geelong (6.10.46) defeated Collingwood (4.13.37).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 4 May 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 19,144

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Collingwood
Score: 6.10.46 - 4.13.37

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 3 3 . 7 4 . 9 6 . 10 6 . 10 (46)
Collingwood 1 . 2 2 . 6 3 . 9 4 . 13 4 . 13 (37)
Margin GEEL by 7 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 9 GEEL by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: John O'Neill (caretaker)

Collingwood

Captain: Terry Waters (acting)
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 0 1
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 8 0 0 2
19 Davies, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 0 3
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 0 6 2
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 0 1 42 38 4 2 0 4 0
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 2 0 4 1
12 Hynes, Gordon ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 1 1
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 0 26 26 0 10 0 4 2
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 9 0 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 2 20 14 6 2 1 2 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 30 21 9 12 13 3 6
7 Primmer, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 6 0 3 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 6 3 2 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 3 2
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 1 2 16 16 0 5 0 3 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 5 1 3 0
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 4 13 13 0 6 0 2 2
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 1 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 10 330 281 49 75 27 41 33

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 2 2
30 Alexander, Terry ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 5 2 2 3
8 Boyne, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 0 0
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 2 14 14 0 7 0 2 1
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 3 3
11 Farmer, Bob ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 3 0 2 3
25 Green, Jack ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1
7 Hug, Ernie ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 2 2 1 3
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 16 2 0
34 Le Gassick, Dennis ? ? 0 2 8 6 2 1 0 2 1
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0
17 Patterson, Peter ? ? 0 0 27 21 6 8 0 1 4
37 Pitt, Max ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 9 0 0 1
15 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 3 0
3 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 2 17 17 0 4 0 2 1
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 3 14 5 6
9 Tully, Colin ? ? 0 4 16 13 3 2 1 1 4
32 Wallis, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 0 3
2 Waters, Terry (ac) ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 10 2 3 4
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 2 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 4 13 267 231 36 71 37 33 41

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s